Sprint Qualifying Highlights | 2024 Chinese Grand Prix

Carlos signs with a h on the racing line

could be trouble for Kevin

Magnuson DRS open can Alburn find

something no this is niff and Tuck for

Russell to get through sonoda goes in

the first part of Sprint qualifying

along with Sergeant along with Alin

along with Aon and the final question

remains will it be gazley or will it be

Russell this would be a big shock

Mercedes have not been getting on well

with this are but they'd expect to be

outside the bottom five down the hill we

go where's he going to be for George

Russell he's found something when he

needed to and Hamilton really leaning on

the curb as well

fire 5 like this morning basically copy

that and that will be a delay whilst we

put the fire out gazley Aon Alban sonoda

and Sergeant fall at the first hurdle

one corner to go it's the left hander

with gravel on the outside pick your way

through hope you've got enough grip wait

wait wait to get on the throttle he did

so and now he cuts the beam Norris sets

a 1360 for everyone else to beat his

teammate is the first driver to try and

take it away hauling the car away from

the gravel trap and piastri goes over

the line piastri goes faster a reminder

if the rain comes down this could be

vital this first push lap could be vital

for who goes through and who goes out

McLaren one two sign slots into third

two1 down and here comes Alonzo who's

been quick so far fourth place for

Fernando Alonzo now charl clir looked

good in the first part of Sprint

qualifying takes the route round the

final left-hander goes ahead of piastri

Russell's going to complete his time

where does the Mercedes go in this part

of qualifying eighth position is the

answer for one the second one is about

to appear down the hill and Hamilton

goes ahead of his teammate and the Local

Hero he's seventh then it's Joe then

it's Russell then it's Kevin magon

Daniel Ricardo is currently in the drop

zone along with hulkenberg and stroll

here is the world championship leader

leaning on the curve completing the lap

and going a tenth of a second quicker

than charl lir it is Red Bull then

Ferrari then McLaren then McLaren or at

least it was because Perez has gone up

to third position with a

1357 sweat sweat okay

copy that's it the rain that was

forecast has arrived the grip will go

away and no one will be able to improve

Russell will be eliminated in the second

part of Sprint qualifying along with

Magnuson who is ah head of hulkenberg

Ricardo and

stroll listen to that they've seen one

of their own put it in the top 10 that

is a big moment for Joan

you w Norris sliding coming through turn

seven these things make a huge

difference off into the barrier goes

Char Clair so the drivers going out

there ascertaining the grip level and

finding there's not much at all and they

are adapting to the wet conditions on

the intermediate

Tire this is pure driving Talent on show

now can you improvise with no knowledge

of the track conditions can you pick a

different line like Max ven's doing now

he's not doing the traditional line he's

looking for the parts of the racet track

with grip and jolian that doesn't seem

to be anywhere out there that's offering

him grip oh he just couldn't get any

power down coming out of turn three

there breaks off line coming down to

turn six that's okay no it's not his

track limits immediately look like he

had so much margin until he tried to

turn in and the rear just went so this

lap won't count it's just a CER now well

if you can complete a lap with it

pointing in the right direction it might

be good enough look at how slowly patri

has to squeeze the throttle he goes over

the line it's a two-minute lap it's a

2-minute 2.5 for the rest of the field

to beat Perez is looking good to get on

terms with it so is Lando nor Carlos s

just trying to rotate that Scarlet

Ferrari through the spray through the

rain and to third position Lando Norris

canny be's teammate Lando Norris goes to

third place does anyone have a time at

the moment Perez does Perez goes to the

top of the field he switched on those

tires he found a good lap and it's 2

seconds clear of the rest of the field

Fernando Alonzo has been off the road

earlier in this session and he finds

himself in fifth in the moment 3 minutes

to go Perez is heading to a Sprint pole

as it stands home favorite being roared

around Joe guu and this is a long way

off so Joe guu will push again botas

vter botas has been on pole here before

he's on the front row for the Sprint as

it stands two minutes to go Perez heads

the field botas returning to the front

row of a Sprint qualifying session as it

stands for STA and KH apply the power

he's soaring away at the steering wheel

left and right can he find a time can he

oh he's off he's off of the final Corner

as Oscar piastri take second place V

stappen couldn't find the grip couldn't

find the way round that one counts for

the moment but it was off the road it

won't count overall wait for the papaya

McLaren Lando Norris goes off in the

background signs improves to fifth

Norris at the end tried to keep it on

the road and even though he put two

wheels in the gravel he's improved to

the front row extraordinary and whilst

they're struggling to keep it pointing

in the straight line perz goes quicker

still it won't count for Norris because

he went all four wheels off the track as

weird as it is he bounced through the

gravel he's going to have alonso's done

it Alonso fights his way to the front of

the field with less than a minute to go

absolutely barmy scenes the the grip is

still there for them if they can keep it

on the island lir now fighting his way

the traction so difficult coming out of

turn 14 then you got to stop it for this

final left-hander lir has done that he

drives to the line shair cuts the beam

goes to third with the fastest final

sector piastri is on for a personal best

so is SS so is Hamilton 12 seconds to go

so Hamilton if he gets through here

cleanly will get a lap on the board but

more importantly he will be the last

driver to cross the line and start

another La he's got it he's got it

pastry going to try and improve here

currently in fifth he's on for a

personal best where does that personal

best take him that is an important point

about being last over the line piastri

does not improve his position he stays

in fifth that will leave him vulnerable

to this man there are cars still going

quickly Max V stappen found a time at

last Max V stappen keeps it within the

lines signs goes to Fourth but what

about Lando Norris he's got it Lando

Norris the last time we had a spring

qualifying session at the front of the

field but Lando norrris finds himself at

the front no his time is deleted because

he was off the road of the lap before

leis Hamilton who got that lap in late

look at the front row for the first

Sprint of the Year Lando Norris's time

will be reinstated is the message on my

screen hold on then hold on Lando Norris

is tied well this is fascinating stuff

Lewis Hamilton is across the line and

Norris now goes back to the top of the

times extraordinary they deleted Lando

Norris's previous time because they said

he went off at the final corner of the

racetrack oh that was absolutely wild

the man whose tie we thought was deleted

has been reinstated back to the front of

the field and he's gone from the bottom

of the pile back up to first after all

that I can tell you it's Lando Norris P1

for the opening Sprint of the Year wow

that was ridiculous

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